Correction to: Cell Research (2007) 17:100–116. doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7310145; published online 6 February 2007

The author affiliations were mixed up in the previous published version. The third fund number of National Natural Science Foundation of China in the Acknowledgments was wrong, it should be “30270335”. The Shanghai Municipal Council for Science and Technology (No.06DZ22032) was missed in the Acknowledgments. There are some labeling and production errors in Figure 2A, Figure 3B and 3C, Figure 5C, Figure 6B and 6E, Figure 7B and 7D. In Figure 2A, left panel “A431” should be “Par3”. In Figure 3B and 3C, “anti-Par3CT” should be “anti-Par3LCT”, “GST-Par3CT” should be “GST-Par3LCT”. In Figure 5C, the second arrow indicating “Lamin B” should be “β-tubulin”. In Figure 6B right panel, the molecular weight for β-actin should be “43” instead of “200”. In Figure 6E, “Par3” should be “Par3i”. The molecular weight for the DNA-PKcs panel should be the same as the p-DNA-PKcs. In Figure 7B, the time point “240” in the left panel should be “120”; in the right panel of Figure 7B, the title for the y axis should be “DNA released (%)”. In Figure 7D, the title for the y axis should be “Survival (%)”, and the scale for the y axis should be “100, 10 and 1”.

These corrections do not affect the conclusions of the study. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The corrected author affiliations, Acknowledgments, and Figures are as follows: